Part 34 U.K. Overseas companies

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C2 Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2

Introductory U.K.

1044 Overseas companies U.K.

In the Companies Acts an “overseas company” means a company incorporated outside the United Kingdom.

1045 Company contracts and execution of documents by companies U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations applying sections 43 to 52 (formalities of doing business and other matters) to overseas companies, subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the regulations.

(2) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 1045 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1045 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1045 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1045 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(q) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)